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French Ambassador urges conflicting sides to refrain from verbal escalations
France’s Ambassador to Armenia, Jean-François Charpentier, issued a statement today, expressing his condolences to the families of the three Armenian crewmembers killed on November 12 when their helicopter was shot down by Azerbaijan. “This incident shows once again how long and complicated the road to a negotiated settlement of the Karabakh conflict is. As France’s Ambassador to Armenia I can only wish that the parties [in the days and weeks to come] refrain from verbal escalations and all type of provocations and return to the dynamic of dialogue launched at Sochi, Newport and Paris and brokered by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs. Confidence-building measures are needed now more than ever,” Jean-François Charpentier said in the statement.
